STRANGLED GIRL.
FATE AFTER NEW YEAR FESTIVITIES. LONDON, January 1. Polly Walker, a pretty 17-year-old Camdentown girl, employed as a chemist's cashier, has been found i strangled with a piece of cloth tied r->und j her neck and severe wounds in the head, j She participated in the New Year' festivities, accompanied by an ex-soldier with a wooden leg known locally as Eugene. He was seen leaving Mrs. Walker's house at 8 a.m. after Polly's ■ mother had gone to work, believing her daughter to be asleep. The. mother returned at lunch time, and found the body on the floor clad only in a nightdress. The police are searching for Eugene.
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Auckland Star, Volume LVII, Issue 10, 13 January 1926, Page 7
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110STRANGLED GIRL. Auckland Star, Volume LVII, Issue 10, 13 January 1926, Page 7
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